CatholicPsych Institute
CatholicPsych Institute integrates Catholic faith and psychology through mentorship, clinician training, and formation resources for individuals, professionals, and clergy. Founded by Catholic psychologist Dr. Greg Bottaro, the Institute's work rests on the CatholicPsych Model of Applied Personalism — an approach that meets the whole person rather than managing a set of symptoms. Its team includes clinicians and Certified Mentors trained in that model.
Dec 30, 2025 | Faith, Featured Content, Popular
Every January, we rush toward resolutions that promise quick transformation. Pray more.Work out more.Lose weight.Fix the parts of ourselves that feel unfinished. But what if the most important spiritual and psychological resolution you could make this year is one...
Dec 10, 2025 | Faith, Family, Featured Content, St. Joseph
Why a silent carpenter might be your best guide when everything feels unclear. Most of us don’t struggle with knowing what’s right. We struggle with what Joseph never seemed to struggle with: Acting on it. Joseph never gives a speech in Scripture. He doesn’t ask for...
Dec 3, 2025 | Dealing with loss, Featured Content
When something breaks, my first instinct is to fix it and make it look like it did before. But sometimes, what’s shattered can’t be glued together the way it was. And maybe, just maybe, it’s not supposed to be. My husband Tom died suddenly in 2019. He was 46, healthy,...
Nov 26, 2025 | ADHD, Featured Content
What do you do when the person who’s supposed to love you the most causes your deepest wounds? It’s one of the hardest spiritual and emotional challenges a person can face: trying to honor your parents when the relationship itself feels unsafe, controlling, or deeply...
Nov 19, 2025 | Faith, Family, Featured Content
When you go home for the holidays, sometimes something strange happens. Perhaps despite your best intentions, you become like a young kid again. Even if you’ve spent years growing, healing, praying, maybe even going to therapy or mentorship, there is something about...
Nov 13, 2025 | Artificial Intelligence, Catholic Psychology, Featured Content
In 452 AD, Pope St. Leo the Great rode out to meet Attila the Hun, who was threatening to overtake and destroy Rome. To that point, Attila the Hun was one of history’s most feared figures, a complex blend of brutal warrior and shrewd diplomat. As the ruler of the...
Nov 6, 2025 | Dealing with loss, Featured Content, Popular, Relationships
Every November, the Church pauses our normal rhythm of life and hands us a strange but beautiful invitation: Remember death In a world that avoids silence, glorifies youth, and pretends death is far away, the Church stands apart. She looks us straight in the eye and...
Oct 16, 2025 | Communication, Featured Content, Parenting, Popular, Positive Psychology, Relationships
This week on the Being Human Podcast, Fr. Dave told a story about an interaction with his dad when he was in eighth-grade that, as a young father, deeply moved me. Fr. Dave started rattling off a fact about Pikes Peak to his dad. Engaged in the conversation, his dad...
Oct 8, 2025 | Anxiety, Catholic Psychology, Featured Content, OCD, Personality Disorders, Popular, Prayer
When most people hear “OCD,” they think of neat freaks, color-coded closets, or someone who just really likes things tidy. Maybe they picture a coworker joking, “I’m so OCD about my desk.” But that’s not always what it means to have an OCD part. Having a part...
Sep 29, 2025 | Dealing with loss, Featured Content, Parenting, Popular, Suffering, Trauma
When Stefanie’s daughter Anna was born, she arrived early and fragile. Within hours, she was whisked into the NICU. Stefanie, a new mother and a recent convert to Catholicism, found herself longing to do what every mother instinctively wants: to pick up her baby and...
Sep 23, 2025 | Catholic Psychology, Popular
What does it take to effectively accompany another person on the journey to Heaven? Most people would agree that two of the essential ingredients are compassion and truth. But which one comes first? Let’s look to Padre Pio (and Jesus) for the answer. Padre Pio...
Sep 18, 2025 | Communication, Featured Content, Parenting, Podcast, Popular
Three Tips to Navigate Parenthood in the Modern Culture Do you have a plan on how to navigate the difficult parenting challenges you will face raising children in a modern context? Dr. Ray Guarendi sees it every day: parents who love their kids, want to raise them...
Aug 24, 2025 | Featured Content, Parenting, Podcast, Pregnancy and Life Issues
When it comes to kids and fear, especially fear of the dark, shadows, or “monsters”, parents can feel overwhelmed with the number of options (some of them good, some not so much). After all, a parent can (among other things): Try and reason with the child Install a...
Aug 19, 2025 | Featured Content, Parenting, Podcast, Pregnancy and Life Issues
In 1982, a young couple lost their son Brian just 43 minutes after his birth following a traumatic delivery. Brian was buried in South Dakota where the family had military ties. But the family decided in 2019 to move the body where they could all eventually be buried...
Aug 12, 2025 | Catholic Mindfulness, Catholic Psychology, Featured Content, Podcast
Why slowing down might be the most countercultural—and fruitful—thing you do today. If you’re anything like me, your day is ruled by a calendar. Meetings. Calls. Google reminders. Maybe even time-blocking your lunch break because otherwise, it disappears. I...
May 8, 2025 | Faith, Femininity, Mental Health Awareness Month
Learning to Mother with Mary: How Her Example Inspires, Intimidates, and Transforms Me When I first became a mother, I knew life would never be the same. I had entered uncharted territory—holy ground—but I didn’t realize how unsteady my footing would often feel. How...
Feb 24, 2025 | Catholic Mindfulness, Healthy Living
Written by Dr. Peter Kreeft, this foreward comes from Dr. Greg’s book, “The Mindful Catholic” “Greg Bottaro was a student of mine at Boston College. He was a very good student, but even very good students seldom write very good books. He did.” It is...
Feb 21, 2024 | Catholic Psychology
You can now find CatholicPsych in Manhattan! A new collaboration: CatholicPsych and the Gianna Center We are excited to announce a new collaboration between the CatholicPsych Institute and the Gianna Center in NY. As we are a union of body and spirit, treatment for...
